G700 ἀρέσκω - Strong's Greek Lexicon Number

LSJ Gloss:
ἀρέσκω
to make good, make up
Dodson:
ἀρέσκω
I please, serve
I please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve.
Strong's:
ἀρέσκω
to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)
Derivation: probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion);

KJV Usage: please.

G142
TBESG:
ἀρέσκω
to please
G:V
ἀρέσκω
[in LXX chiefly for טוֹב ;]
__1. to please (Hom., Hdt., al.): with dative of person(s),
Refs Mat.14:6, Mrk.6:22, Rom.8:8 15:2, 1Th.2:15 4:1, 1Co.7:32-34 Gal.1:10, 2Ti.2:4
; before ἐνώπισν (= Heb. בּעֵנֵי, Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), Ac 65.
__2. In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (see M, Th., ICC, 1 Co., ll with; Cremer, 640 f.);
Refs Rom.15:1, 3, 1Co.10:33, 1Th.2:4
.†
(AS)
Thayer:
1) to please
2) to strive to please
2a) to accommodate one's self to the opinions desires and interests of others


ἀρέσκω
areskō
ar-es'-ko
Probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication to seek to be so)

KJV Usage: please.


View how G700 ἀρέσκω is used in the Bible

19 occurrences of G700 ἀρέσκω

Matthew 14:6 pleased
Mark 6:22 pleased
Acts 6:5 pleased
Romans 8:8 please
Romans 15:1 to please
Romans 15:2 Let
Romans 15:2 please
Romans 15:3 pleased
1 Corinthians 7:32 he may please
1 Corinthians 7:33 he may please
1 Corinthians 7:34 she may please
1 Corinthians 10:33 please
Galatians 1:10 to please
Galatians 1:10 I
Galatians 1:10 pleased
1 Thessalonians 2:4 pleasing
1 Thessalonians 2:15 pleasing
1 Thessalonians 4:1 to please
2 Timothy 2:4 he may please

Distinct usage

5 pleased
3 please
3 he may please
3 to please
2 pleasing
1 Let
1 she may please
1 I

Corresponding Hebrew Words

aresko H2895 tov
aresko H3474 yashar
aresko H4672 matsa qal,ni
aresko H6030 anah pu.
aresko H6148 arav
aresko H7737 shavah
aresko H8232 shephar


Related words

G700 ἀρέσκω

G441 ἀνθρωπάρεσκος
ἀνθρωπάρεσκος
anthrōpareskos
anth-ro-par'-es-kos
From G444 and G700; man courting, that is, fawning

KJV Usage: men-pleaser.


G699 ἀρέσκεια
ἀρέσκεια
areskeia
ar-es'-ki-ah
From a derivative of G700; complaisance

KJV Usage: pleasing.


G701 ἀρεστός
ἀρεστός
arestos
ar-es-tos'
From G700; agreeable; by implication fit

KJV Usage: (things that) please (-ing), reason.


G142 αἴρω

αἴρω
airō
ah'ee-ro
A primary verb; to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is, weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare [H5375]) to expiate sin

KJV Usage: away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).


G138 αἱρέομαι
αἱρέομαι
aihreomai
hahee-reh'-om-ahee
Probably akin to G142; to take for oneself, that is, to prefer . Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate ( ἕλλομαι h ellomai ), which is otherwise obsolete

KJV Usage: choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate hellomai, hel-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete.


G522 ἀπαίρω
ἀπαίρω
apairō
ap-ah'ee-ro
From G575 and G142; to lift off, that is, remove

KJV Usage: take (away).


G685 ἀρά
ἀρά
ara
ar-ah'
Probably from G142; properly prayer (as lifted to Heaven), that is, (by implication) imprecation

KJV Usage: curse.


G686 ἄρα
ἄρα
ara
ar'-ah
Probably from G142 (through the idea of drawing a conclusion); a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows)

KJV Usage: haply, (what) manner (of man), no doubt, perhaps, so be, then, therefore, truly, wherefore. Often used in connection with other particles, especially G1065 or G3767 (after) or G1487 (before).

Compare also G687.

G706 ἀριθμός
ἀριθμός
arithmos
ar-ith-mos'
From G142; a number (as reckoned up)

KJV Usage: number.


G714 ἀρκέω
ἀρκέω
arkeō
ar-keh'-o
Apparently a primary verb (but probably akin to G142 through the idea of raising a barrier); properly to ward off, that is, (by implication) to avail (figuratively be satisfactory)

KJV Usage: be content, be enough, suffice, be sufficient.


G716 ἅρμα
ἅρμα
harma
har'-mah
Probably from G142 (perhaps with G1 (as a particle of union) prefixed); a chariot (as raised or fitted together (compare G719))

KJV Usage: chariot.


G730 ἄῤῥην, αρσην
ἄῤῥην, αρσην
arrhēn arsēn
ar'-hrane, ar'-sane
Probably from G142; male (as stronger for lifting)

KJV Usage: male, man.


G736 ἀρτέμων
ἀρτέμων
artemōn
ar-tem'-ohn
From a derivative of G737; properly something ready (or else more remotely from G142 (compare G740); something hung up), that is, (specifically) the topsail (rather foresail or jib) of a vessel

KJV Usage: mainsail.


G737 ἄρτι
ἄρτι
arti
ar'-tee
Adverb from a derivative of G142 (compare G740) through the idea of suspension; just now

KJV Usage: this day (hour), hence [-forth], here [-after], hither [-to], (even) now, (this) present.


G740 ἄρτος
ἄρτος
artos
ar'-tos
From G142; bread (as raised) or a loaf

KJV Usage: (shew-) bread, loaf.


G741 ἀρτύω
ἀρτύω
artuō
ar-too'-o
From a presumed derivative of G142; to prepare, that is, spice (with stimulating condiments)

KJV Usage: season.


G759 ἄρωμα
ἄρωμα
arōma
ar'-o-mah
From G142 (in the sense of sending off scent); an aromatic

KJV Usage: (sweet) spice.


G1808 ἐξαίρω
ἐξαίρω
exairō
ex-ah'ee-ro
From G1537 and G142; to remove

KJV Usage: put (take) away.


G1869 ἐπαίρω
ἐπαίρω
epairō
ep-ahee'-ro
From G1909 and G142; to raise up (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: exalt self, poise (lift, take) up.


G3332 μεταίρω
μεταίρω
metairō
met-ah'ee-ro
From G3326 and G142; to betake oneself, that is, remove (locally)

KJV Usage: depart.


G3349 μετεωρίζω
μετεωρίζω
meteōrizō
met-eh-o-rid'-zo
From a compound of G3326 and a collateral form of G142 or perhaps rather of G109 (compare “meteor”); to raise in mid-air, that is, (figuratively) suspend (passively fluctuate or be anxious)

KJV Usage: be of doubtful mind.


G3735 ὄρος
ὄρος
oros
or'-os
Probably a from an obsolete word ὄρω orō (to rise or “rear”; perhaps akin to G142; compare G3733); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain)

KJV Usage: hill, mount (-ain).


G4868 συναίρω
συναίρω
sunairō
soon-ah'ee-ro
From G4862 and G142; to make up together, that is, (figuratively) to compute (an account)

KJV Usage: reckon, take.


G5229 ὑπεραίρομαι
ὑπεραίρομαι
huperairomai
hoop-er-ah'ee-rom-ahee
Middle voice from G5228 and G142; to raise oneself over, that is, (figuratively) to become haughty

KJV Usage: exalt self, be exalted above measure.